I am married to the most wonderful man who I've known more years than I have not! We recently celebrated our 41 years of marriage.Our oldest son is our business partner. We farm in Mexico, growing papaya, honeydew and person-size watermelon. We travel back and forth to Mexico to take care of our business. This son is married and has two children. He lives in Mexico to oversee the business.Our middle son works for Clinical Pathology Lab. His wife is a doctor and recently opened her cosmetic dermatology clinic in Houston.Our youngest son is a realtor in McAllen, Texas, near where we live. He loves his work and his business is steadily growing.We lived in Mexico for three years to get our farming operation going. It was an exciting time for us!My hobbies are genealogy, home decorating and cooking. I love blogging!I am so very blessed to have a loving family... not only the family my husband and I created, but also my family of friends.Fall and winter months are when I enjoy blogging the most. Seasons change and I love keeping up with the change in my home.I have had some amazing experiences with my faith in Christ and I truly feel that God is always with me. I try to live my life the way God would have me live it.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

I admire people who are though. It's just that if I can come up with something that takes me about 10 minutes tops to complete then I'm real happy ecstatic!

I bought one of the silver-plated casserole holders in an antiques store in Goliad, Texas. The other one I bought from a local Market Days event... actually from someone you probably know... Laura from White Spray Paint.

Anywho... I was decorating for a spur of the moment Easter dinner and had these two holders resting on my kitchen counter. I swear they were calling to me to be used.

So.... as you see, one became a cookbook holder and the other is a "knock-off" butler's tray. Eventually I will have a

piece of glass cut to fit the bottom of the one on the left. They probably need some polishing, but for now I am satisfied.

Each one of these casserole holders was less than $15!

A few of my favorite cookbooks!

Rather cheesy looking decantures but, oh well...

The shaker in the middle was my paternal grandmother's.

She kept it filled with cinnamon and sugar.

In case you can't see behind the shaker, there is a white container full of silver spoons.

Karen - this is ingenious! Not crafty??? WEll, I think you might be craftier than you think!I do love how the crystal looks with the silver and what a pretty way to group your books. I like that you don't have to take up extra space with bookends!Thanks for sharing this great idea at Treasure Hunt Thursday.Rhonda

Karen - I think this is brilliant! I see these holders all the time and have racked my brain for ideas - and now I have it - thanks!and thank you for visiting my blog and leaving me a sweet comment!amy of four corners design

Karen, thanks so much for referring me back to this post! This is GENIUS!! I actually have some crystal decanters up in the top cabinet that I am not using. I think I am going to pull those out tomorrow and try something like this! Thanks so much for sharing! God bless you!!!

Hi Karen! I am finally getting around to doing a post about how I used my silver casserole holder; and I will be posting it on Monday. I am referencing you as my inspiration and linking back to this post! I hope you'll stop by on Monday, if you get a chance! Have a great weekend!!

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